to be 80% which is very high. it was 80% in the last election in 2016 and another sort of really interesting thing about this election, rich, is that there are more eligible voters than ever, 67.5 million filipinos are eligible to vote this year. and more than 50% of them are young people. election officials are definitely expecting a huge, huge turnout today. expecting a huge, huge turnout toda . ., expecting a huge, huge turnout toda. , today. bongbong marcos has been leadin: in today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. as today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. as his - leading in the polls. as his campaign been helped or hindered by his father s legacy? hindered by his father s le.a ? hindered by his father s lea ? ., hindered by his father s le.a ? ., , hindered by his father s leia ? ., , legacy? so that is the question. legacy? so that is the q
reporter: that is true. a potential pivotal moment for the future of the philippines. this is a big election, a record 67.5 million voters registered. more than 18,000 positions up for grabs, all the way from kind of local legislative council members to the top job. the president. not surprisingly, one of the key concerns is the economy for voters because the philippines, through the covid pandemic, like many countries around the world and here in asia, has taken a beating economically. take a listen to what several filipino voters had to say to us earlier today. translator: a candidate who is smart. that s important. it s also important to have strength. someone who is ready to help people. translator: our situation is not good now. the prices of goods are too high. maybe the next leader will be able to control it.
the commission on elections expects voter turnout to be 80%, which is very high. it was 80% in the last election in 2016. and another sort of really interesting thing about this election, rich, is that there are more eligible voters than ever 67.5 million filipinos are eligible to vote this year, and more than 50% of them are young people. so, election officials are definitely expecting a huge, huge turnout today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. has his campaign been helped or hindered by his father s legacy? so, that is the question, right? and we will see what happens tonight. there has been a very widespread disinformation campaign launched by the marcos family. now, to be clear, this is a decade long campaign
all the guidelines for ensuring people all the guidelines for ensuring people are able to vote, we have people are able to vote, we have to people are able to vote, we have to ensure the people are healthy have to ensure the people are healthy. even after going out of their healthy. even after going out of their houses and voting in schools of their houses and voting in schools like this. it will always schools like this. it will always be the health protocol of the always be the health protocol of the people. | always be the health protocol of the maple- of the people. i can hear that the organisers of the people. i can hear that the organisers are of the people. i can hear that the organisers are giving - the organisers are giving instructions on the panel to ensure those protocols are kept in place. what are you expecting voter turnout to be? this looks like a very crowded station. . ., ~ station. overall, we have 67.5 million voters, station. overall, we have 6
so, literally, from the moment that he became president, he s been running for president again, and that s just not paperwork. that s literally going out and raising money, holding campaign events. we counted 57 campaign events, political events that the president has conducted since becoming president. so when you add that all up, it adds up to a whole heck of a lot of money that he s already raised, about $67.5 million. then he has this whole constellation of super pacs and non-profit organizations, groups that can act in a very political way in order to forward donald trump s political future. that has changed the game. there is no president who has ever done anything like that, democrat or republican. and at least to some extent, it s forced democrats to kind of accelerate the way that they ve launched their campaigns. you have people launching in january. that wasn t the case four years ago even. can you tell me, dave, who s got more money now, republicans or democrats? and who